{"nrhp_refnum":"07000990","name":"Edison Park","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"6755 N. Northwest Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":42.00403086400007,"lon":-87.81751096599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-09-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small neighborhood park on Chicago's far northwest side at 6755 N. Northwest Highway, built around a 1907 brick former school that became a Chicago Park District field house in 1936. It has three contributing and two non-contributing resources.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the park reflects the development of the Edison Park community and served as a school, library branch and park field house with recreational and cultural programs. It also holds a fine Arts and Crafts style building designed by the noted Chicago architect Solon S. Beman. The period of significance runs from the 1936 park district lease to 1957.","narrative":"Edison Park is a small public park on Chicago's far northwest side, centered on a two-story red brick building put up in 1907 as a school for the suburb of Edison Park. Solon S. Beman, a prominent Chicago architect, designed it in a modest Arts and Crafts manner, with a hipped metal roof, exposed rafters, a decorative frieze and a gabled entrance. After the village joined Chicago in 1910, the building served as a branch school and later housed a library deposit station. In 1936 the Chicago Park District leased it and, using WPA funds, converted it to a field house, planting trees and shrubs, including hawthorns that still survive, and laying new walks. Programs included archery, rug weaving, music classes and holiday parties, and during World War II it hosted Red Cross and civil defense classes. The site is recognized for its role in community life and for Beman's architecture, and the building's interior and exterior remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1936 to 1957","architect_builder":"Solon S. Beman, architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (Arts and Crafts style)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a park and field house; the field house retains strong integrity, and its metal roof was replaced in 2000.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.664803-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/8910/28891006/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/07000990.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000990/25205cc781-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000990/25205cc781-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edison_Park_Chicago.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edison_Park_Chicago.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891006","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Park_(Chicago_park)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5338411"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/edison-park-07000990/"}